The Spinet
1902 · Oil on wood · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
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About this work
- Artist
- Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851–1938)
- Year
- 1902
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Original size
- 39.5 × 50.7 cm
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
- Movement
- Tonalism
A woman in a pale gown sits with her back to us, playing a spinet in a softly lit room, her figure and the instrument dissolving into warm brown shadow. Dewing's small interiors of women at music or reading were collected by Charles Lang Freer and John Gellatly; this one came to the Smithsonian American Art Museum with Gellatly's collection.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A hushed music-room interior in amber and brown for a music room, study or bedroom in a dark wood frame. It suits warm white or deep brown walls and is a gift for a pianist.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Tonalism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1902)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.



























